Gray Market Pianos/the tally

[Kevin E. Ramsey]

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>From Phoenix,=20

    OK, I've only seen a hand full of these, as I'm affiliated with the =
real Yamaha dealer here, but, occasionally I get called to help with a =
Yamaha that was purchased in the area, but not from us. Typical =
complaints here are;
    1)  Tuning pins not holding. Can't be tuned, or if it can, you don't =
want to.
    2)   Every single screw on the piano needing to be tightened, (Big =
Deal, you only have to do it once.)
    3)   The occasional bridge separation from parts of the soundboard.
    4)    Loose bridge pins, cracked bridge.
    5)    Loose flange pinning.
    6)    Overall sloppy action parts.=20

    These are some of the things you can expect to see when you get one =
of these gray-market pianos into an environment with 7% to  25% R.H.  =
Funny that I haven't seen any with any big cracks in the soundboard, =
yet. That's the first thing I would expect to see.=20

    Hope this helps. Kevin
   =20
  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Dave Davis=20
  To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
  Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 3:41 PM
  Subject: Gray Market Pianos/the tally


  List,
  So far the Yamaha gray market survey results are:
  Western Washington,no problems reported
  Southeastern U.S., no problems reported
  Las Vegas area, lots of problems (not specified)
  Phoenix area, lots of problems (not specified)
  Unspecific areas, various pinblock problems in the
  1960's=20

  Hoping more evidence comes forward soon.

  You are welcome to e-mail me privately should you not
  want to publicly reveal evidence you have observed. =20

  I, too, want to have an educated answer so as to
  provide honest answers to my clients.

  Dave Davis
  Renton, WA

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